Little Feat: As Good as a Thrill Bob Makin March 6, 2019 Buzz For 50 years, Little Feat have been laying down irresistible grooves. A band’s band, their fans include Bob Dylan, members of the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, Dave Matthews Band, and Phi...
Makin’ Waves Record of the Week: Karma Gambit’s This is Probably a Mistake, But… Bob Makin February 27, 2019 Albums, Reviews Karma Gambit’s debut LP, This is Probably a Mistake, But…, is a forceful forging of signature Jack Linden folk-rock with blasts of Beatlesque/Bowie-like power-pop. On Karma Gambit’s debut LP, This is ...
Makin’ Waves Scene Report: Lowlight, Atom Driver, Kosha Dillz, Andy B., Steve Dadaian, plus updates to the Makin’ Waves 2019 Concert Series Bob Makin February 27, 2019 Goings-On Asbury Park-based Lowlight are on tour and will play a welcome-home show on March 3 at Danny Clinch Transparent Gallery preceding the release of a second single from an album expected in late spring. Hats of...
Makin’ Waves Record of the Week: Matty Carlock’s “The Jailbirds” Bob Makin February 14, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves Matty Carlock follows several hip-hop singles with a return to his punk and singer-songwriter roots on his debut full-length, The Jailbirds. My two favorite things about the New Jersey music scene are the mi...
Interview with Experiment 34: An Artist’s Duty Bob Makin February 13, 2019 Features, Interviews, Makin' Waves In age when the most daring bands seem afraid or indifferent about taking a stand against social injustice, environmental despair, and the nightmare remnant of the American Dream, Asbury Park-based Experiment 3...
Makin Waves Record of the Week: Cyclone Static’s “From Scratch” Bob Makin February 7, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves The edges of Jersey City-based trio Cyclone Static’s debut full-length, “From Scratch,” for the nurturing Mint 400 indie are sharp and very well-crafted in the tradition of Husker Du, The Pixies and Nirvana.&nb...
Hub City Stompers Keep The Edge In Ska, Stomp On Nazis Bob Makin September 6, 2017 Interviews Hub City Stompers are a faSKAnating New Brunswick band who stay true to original ska music and its influence on the skinheads of late-1960s England, while also incorporating later elements of the island-ori...
Los Straitjackets Take New Directions With Old Friends Bob Makin August 23, 2017 Interviews photographer information:Jim Graham230 North 2nd StreetPhiladelpiha PA 19106215-592-7272jim@grahamstudios.com In their two-and-a-half-decade, 15-album hot streak as America's foremost instrumental guitar co...
Making Some Tasty Waves With Black Flamingos Bob Makin May 17, 2017 Interviews You have to hand it to a band who is so in love with their genre of music that their efforts to turn everyone else onto it turns into a regional trend. That is the case with Black Flamingos, whose members c...
Makin Waves 30th Anniversary Concert Series The Aquarian Weekly April 19, 2017 Goings-On Back in the winter of 1988, veteran entertainment writer Bob Makin handed in his first assignment to East Coast Rocker. A couple of days later, then Managing Editor Jay Lustig, the dean of today’s NJ music writ...
